Part 2: Picturing Yourself

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Activity 2A.3: Looking at Avatars

 

DoppelMe

A free dynamic avatar maker that allows users to create copyright-free images that can be shared or published in print or online

www.doppelme.com

 

 

Activity 2B.1: Modeling the Feldman Method

 
Slide Presentation: The Feldman Method (Optional)

You may wish to use this slide presentation, developed in PowerPoint, to introduce the Feldman Method of Art Criticism that students will use during the year to analyze artwork. The slide presentation is available as a download located at the bottom of this page.

Self-Portrait Example for Think-Aloud

The Two Fridas, 1939, Frida Kahlo

http://www.frida-kahlo-foundation.org/The-Two-Fridas.html

 

Activity 2B.2: Critiquing a Self-Portrait

 
Self-Portraiture

Albrecht Durer

Self-Portrait, 1500

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Portrait_(D%C3%BCrer)

 

M.C. Escher

Hand with Reflecting Sphere, 1935

www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ggescher/ggescher-47949.html

 

Paul Gauguin

Self-Portrait, 1889

Self-Portrait Dedicated to Carrière, 1888 or 1889

www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/act_gauguin_faces.shtm

 

William H. Johnson

Self-Portrait, 1929

www.artlex.com/ArtLex/h/images/harlem_whjohnson_selfpor_lg.jpg

A Journey through Art with W. H. Johnson

http://americanart.si.edu/education/johnson/

 

Frida Kahlo

Self-Portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States, 1932

www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/worksofart/borderline.html

The Accident, 1926

www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/worksofart/accident.html

Self-Portrait, 1929

www.fbuch.com/fridaby.htm

Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Frida_Kahlo_%28self_portrait%29.jpg

 

Kathe Kollwitz

Self-Portrait, 1924

http://faculty.evansville.edu/rl29/art105/sum04/art105-5.html

Self-Portrait, 1921

www.nmwa.org/collection/detail.asp?WorkID=1479

Self-Portrait, 1924 (woodcut)

http://www.gseart.com/artworks/artshow.asp?SType=INVT&ArtistID=67&cur=6

Self-Portrait, 1948

www.rogallery.com/Kollwitz/Kollwit-20.htm

 

Jacob Lawrence

Self-Portrait, 1977

http://www.npg.si.edu/cexh/eye/html/l_lawrence.htm

 

Yolanda Lopez

Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe, 1978

http://mati.eas.asu.edu:8421/ChicanArte/html_pages/lopez11.html

 

Nina Matsumoto

Self-Portrait (n.d.)

http://manga.about.com/od/booksmagazinesgalleries/ig/Nina-Matsumoto-Gallery/Nina-Matsumoto.htm

 

Lee Miller

Self-Portrait in Headband, 1932

www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Slideshow/slideshowContentFrameFragXL.jhtml?xml=/arts/slideshows/miller/pixmiller.xml&site=

 

Rembrandt van Rijn

Self-Portrait, Wide Eyed, 1630

In addition to this and several more self-portraits, this Web page has information about the scope of Rembrandt’s self-portraiture:

www.rembrandtpainting.net/rembrandt_self_portraits.htm

 

Marjane Satrapi

“The Veil” from Persepolis, 2003

www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/graphicnovels/persepspread1.html

Untitled (vacation) from Persepolis, 2003

www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/graphicnovels/persepspread7.html